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Lingerie

Designer Cadolle French
ca. 1957
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lingerie
  • Designer: Cadolle (French, founded 1889)
  • Date: ca. 1957
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: silk
  • Credit Line: Gift of Varney Thompson Elliott and Rosemary Thompson Franciscus, in memory of their mother, Margaret Whitney Thompson, 1985
  • Object Number: 1985.365.7
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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